Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai had the best placement season ever as the Top companies offered coveted roles in sectors such as Strategy & Tech Consulting, Product Management, Digital and Analytics.
Great Lakes Placement Report 2019
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai Placement Report has been released for PGPM Class of 2019. This year, 97% PGPM students bagged opportunities till first week of January, of working with corporate giants including Accenture, Aditya Birla Capital, ADP, Amazon, Barclays, Cognizant, Capgemini, Deloitte, Gartner, HCL, EY, Honeywell, HSBC, Infosys, ITC Infotech, L&T Infotech, Mentis, MuSigma, TCS, Virtusa, ZS Associates and many more. Moreover, the highest CTC offered at Great Lakes Placement to a PGPM student was Rs 29 Lakhs per annum and the average CTC was Rs 13.1 Lakhs p.a.
Great Lakes Placement is set to wrap up on a high with the remaining students awaiting to interview with top companies over the next few weeks. Great Lakes PGPM 2019 class was an eclectic mix of students from diverse educational backgrounds and industry experience ranging between 2 to 5 years and this made it attractive for recruiters looking for business ready talent who could start delivering from day one. PGPM graduates were offered various coveted roles in sectors such as -
- Analytics,
- BFSI,
- IT/ITES,
- Consulting,
- E-commerce,
- Technology Consulting,
- FMCG and Product
Where IT/ITES (37%) was the largest recruiting sector followed by Tech Consulting (23%), Business Consulting (22%) and BFSI (5%). In terms of the functional areas, Technology Consulting (33%) attracted the largest set of offers followed by Analytics (15%) and Sales & Marketing (14%).
Great Lakes Placement PGPM 2019: Average Salary Bracket
| Student Count (in percentage) |
Salary (in Lakhs) |
| Top 10 % |
Rs 19.41 |
| Top 25% |
Rs 16.68 |
| Top 50 % |
Fs 15.19 |
| Top 75% |
Rs 14.22 |
Great Lakes Placement: List of Recruiters
| Sector |
Companies |
| Analytics |
Musigma, Tiger Analytics, Fractal Analytics, Gain Insights, i2Decisions |
| BFSI |
Barclays, HSBC, Aditya Birla Capital, CAMS Online, Welnvest |
| Consulting |
Accenture, Deloitte US, Deloitte India, EY, ZS Associates, Bristlecone, Brillio, Cartesian Consulting |
| E-commerce |
Amazon, Zolo Stays, Moglix |
| IT/ITES |
Accenture, Cognizant, TCS, Infosys, Capgemini, Honeywell, L&T Infotech, ITC Infotech, Brillio, HCL Technologies, Hexaware, Quest Global, Virtusa, Mindtree |
| Product |
ADP, Mentis, Bizongo |
| Others (FMCG, Manufacturing, Retail, Healthcare, Research) |
AbInbev, KALS Group, United Health Group, India Cements, Gartner, Arvind Lifestyles |
“This year the placement season was highly successful with students getting placed much faster. The interesting highlight of this placement season was a significant increase in offers for Strategy Consulting, Product Management, Digital and Analytics roles.”, said Dr. M. Balaji, Director, Corporate & Career Services, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai.
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Total fee for PGPM (2027-28 batch) course at GLIM Chennai is INR 23.5 lakh. Total fee for PGDM (2026-28 batch) was INR 22.5 lakh.
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The total fee for PGXPM course at GLIM Chennai is INR 13.4 lakh.
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It is worth taking admission at GLIM Chennai. As per NIRF 2025, the Institute ranks 37 under Management category. It ranks 19 as per Business Today Rankings 2026. Further, the average placement package received over the past two years was above INR 15 LPA.
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According to the official website data, GLIM Chennai offers scholarships to PGPM students. The two categories of scholarship include Diversity & Merit Scholarship and Dr Bala V Balachandran Merit Scholarships.
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The highest and average package offered during GLIM Chennai PGDM placements 2026 was INR 40 LPA and 15 LPA. In PGPM course, the highest and average package recorded in 2026 was 43 LPA and 18.1 LPA. Business Consulting and Finance were among the top hiring sectors.
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According to QS World University Rankings 2027, Great Lakes Chennai ranks 201 under Masters in Management category. Business Today Rankings 2026 ranks the Institute 19.
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The total fee of PGDM 2026-28 batch at Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai was INR 22.5 lakh.
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The average package received by PGPM and PGDM students in 2026 at GLIM Chennai was 18.1 LPA and 15 LPA.
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